Collective Learning for Developing Cyber Defense Consciousness: An Activity System Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Gross, Melissa; Ho, Shuyuan M.
Titel	Collective Learning for Developing Cyber Defense Consciousness: An Activity System Analysis
Quelle	In: Journal of Information Systems Education, 32 (2021) 1, S.65-76 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1055-3096
Schlagwörter	Cooperative Learning; Information Security; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Intervention; Learning Activities; Consciousness Raising; Experiential Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kooperatives Lernen; Schülerverhalten; Lernaktivität; Bewusstseinsbildung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen
Abstract	This paper explores the perceptions of undergraduate students experiencing an educational intervention in a cybersecurity course. The intervention was developed using activity theory. Laboratory activities were designed to 'protect' and 'poke around' systems and networks in a sandbox cloud environment. These activities provided dynamic opportunities to tackle cyber challenges through teamwork. Transcripts of interviews with students (working as system administrators) were analyzed to describe the development of their cyber defense consciousness. Activity system node analysis reveals the transformative development of cybersecurity consciousness over time that involves the internalization of skills and knowledge; reliance on community for support, information, and acculturation; working with others through the division of labor; as well as their struggle with the demands of cybersecurity work. The cyber defense activity model further unveils the potential of collective learning in teams as depicted by four mediated relationships. The study contributes by building a foundation for a pedagogical approach that transforms the cyber defense consciousness through the collective learning activity model. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Information Systems Education. e-mail: editor@jise.org; Web site: http://www.jise.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01